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Local business nlantingew roots
Once, they were soldiers, now they call the shots
By Mike Ryan
change. Scores of soldiers have retired from Fort Bragg only to stay put. Some even start their own businesses. In less than five years, RLM
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Communications has grown from a two-person operation to a company that employs about 115 people. President and CEO Randy L. Moore said the company has done $12 million in business this year. He estimates it will do about $20 million next year. Founded in March 2004, RLM
Communications builds state-of-the- art communications
systems. Moore
served in the Army from 1979 to 2000. Prior to becoming his own boss, the 48- year-old California native worked for BAE Systems, an international defense company. “I didn’t want to work for somebody
else for the rest of my life,” he said. “I wanted to start my own business. That’s how you really live the American dream.” It may seem odd to some people that
Moore, a world traveler who has lived in a number of different states, would choose downtown Fayetteville for his company’s corporate headquarters. He said it was an easy decision. “I have a ton of contacts and a ton of
friends here,” Moore said. “It’s a really good place to live, and it’s conducive to owning a business. Fayetteville just has that hometown feeling.”
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or many, Fayetteville is not a place they chose so much as somewhere they have been sent. But after making a home here, attitudes often
